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Major gun manufacturers are being left “homeless” as the states where they are based continue to pass tougher gun laws, and Rep. Steve Stockman says Texas is more than willing to take them in. Stockman, a Republican from Friendswood, sent a letter to all ”gun manufacturers, and owners, persecuted by radical anti-gun legislators,” inviting them …

He may use the hashtag #YouLie while tweeting real-time responses to President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight, but Texas Rep. Steve Stockman says he won’t under any circumstances verbally express his disapproval during the annual address. South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson gained instant notoriety in 2009 when he shouted “you lie” as Obama …

Takach, a reserved and soft-spoken accountant, acknowledges that he has little recourse for Stockman’s faux newspaper stories, other than trying to communicate with voters in the district, which runs from east Harris County to the Louisiana border. He said he has spent about $450,000 on the race, much of it his own money. …